Jeremy Clevenger, a sophomore at Eastern who is openly gay and a
member of the school’s Students United club, saw a photo of the poster
Tuesday morning on Snapchat and went to Assistant Principal J. Ako
Barnes to report it.
“I told him, ‘This is not OK. It’s
ridiculous. It’s really unnecessary,’ and he told me it’s freedom of
speech, so I asked him if we were allowed to go home, type up our own
opinion and post it up without permission. … He said, ‘You need
permission, and it can’t hurt or threaten anybody,’” Clevenger said.